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What parents need to know

This song includes a shockingly negative message about taking your own life.

Positive role models

It's unclear what Lady Gaga is trying to say about suicide. Is she glamorizing it? Is she telling the story as a cautionary tale? Either way, impressionable kids may be confused about the message.

Violence

Lady Gaga mentions different methods of suicide (taking pills and leaving a note, doing it in a swiming pool "so everybody sees"), loosely alluding to Princess Diana's tragic life and death (in a car crash) throughout the track.

Sex

Not applicable

Language

One use of the word "s--t."

Consumerism

Allusions to Princess Diana and Louis Vuitton.

Drinking, drugs, & smoking

Not applicable

Parents Need to Know

Parents need to know that "Princess Die" is a decidedly violent song about a girl committing suicide. Lady Gaga details different possible methods (taking pills and leaving a note, doing it in a swiming pool "so everybody sees"), loosely alluding to Princess Diana's tragic life and death (in a car crash) throughout the track. There is one use of "s--t." Overall, the single sends all the wrong messages to young tweens and teens trying to find constructive ways to cope with complex emotions.

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What's the story?

Never one to shy away from controversy, Lady Gaga's at it again with "PRINCESS DIE," a tune about a girl who takes her own life. With allusions to the life and death of Princess Diana, the track explores intentionally ending a life marked by sadness and despair. Gaga introduced the song at a June 2012 concert, saying it "may or may not" appear on her next album.

Is it any good?

QUALITY

Lady Gaga's talent for playing piano comes through in this mournful ballad, with a melancholy sound that reflects its somber subject matter. While it remains to be seen if Gaga will record this live-concert performance with more in-studio arrangements, the song itself is a solid if not standout release in respect to her entire repertoire.

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Posers!

I think that if ur under 14 you wouldnt be able to understand it because its such a heavy topic hopefully when it is released ( the in studio one) it would not be played on the radio because who would want to ruin a good song with a bunch of posers listening to it. Thats what happend to you and i ! It has a positive role model cuz its lady gaga!

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